ashley bardhan

ashley bardhan

@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

bulgarian-bengali lady and a scholar🩸 formerly senior writer at gamesradar+ 🗝️ ex-staff writer at kotaku 🎼 👁️ in rolling stone, IGN, vulture, polygon, pitchfork, and more. i write the creepy girl blog plant_or_beast instagram.com/ashleybardhan 🆎˙⋆✮

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Rob Secundus
@robertsecundus.bsky.social

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this was one of the most fascinating--and, in the end, beautiful--pieces of writing I have encountered in some time. Thank you for this. It was such a wonderful surprise at the end of that episode.

ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

🐶🧺🎃 i interviewed dead by daylight devs for this…. in which i had something SPOOKY! to say thank u chris for the opportunity 🎃🎃🎃🎃🤍🤍🤍🤍

Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social

Want a horror audio essay about John Carpenter's Halloween, asymmetrical horror games, and the greatest terror of all: existing online? I've timestamped @ashleybardhan.bsky.social's incredible segment in this video! youtu.be/-dyESDQJmSE?...

youtu.beThe History of Luigi, UnabridgedYouTube video by Post Games

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Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social

Excited as always to celebrate great games while raising money for a great local cause. Come through if you’re in town! It’s a fun time!

New York Videogame Critics Circle@nyvgcc.bsky.social

The New York Game Awards return Jan 19 at 7PM at SVA Theatre with two new hosts! Please welcome Lara Lunardi and @ardaocal.bsky.social to the stage! Get Tickets: events.humanitix.com/nygameawards16

events.humanitix.comThe 16th Annual New York Game AwardsJoin us at the New York Game Awards to celebrate the best in gaming with top creators, hosted by the NY Videogame Critics Circle!
ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

i am writing 1700 words about resident evil t-virus for this ❤️‍🔥

Chris Schilling@schillingc.bsky.social

I’m a little biased, obv, but [lock-on] 007 has some pretty stellar features, gang. Get on it if you haven’t already: www.lostincult.co.uk/lockon

lostincult.co.ukLock-On 007 & Selected Works — Lost In Cult[lock-on] is back for 2026! Lost In Cult’s premium gaming journal has been updated for Volume 007 with a fresh new look and an annual format - but still packed with all the insightful features and spe...

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bee wertheimer
@beewertheimer.com

that’s a wrap on my time at pcmag, so hello! i'm bee, a games and digital culture essayist who's written for kotaku, a.v. club, unwinnable, aftermath, and more. if you need a writer hit my line at beewertheimer [at] gmail [dot] com check out my work at beewertheimer.com

beewertheimer.combee wertheimerhome Hello! I'm Bee, a writer and essayist whose work centers on videogames and digital culture. I've written for Kotaku, A.V. Club, PCMag, Unwinnable, Af...
ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

here’s the real article, which i was delighted to write for @gamespot.com about @sundewstudios.bsky.social’s delectable edward gorey tea parlor 🐦‍⬛🩹🫖🌷🍥 — www.gamespot.com/articles/hau...

gamespot.comHaunted Chocolatier Is Still Missing, But This Freaky Tea Party Sim Could Scratch Your ItchTearoom of Terror looks like The Séance of Blake Manor with more heavy cream
ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

this website stole my article :( and i feel genuine anguish over data scrapers like this getting more prevalent 😩 how am i supposed to post writing i work hard to craft online if the bots are going to steal it for themselves 😩

ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

this website stole my article :( and i feel genuine anguish over data scrapers like this getting more prevalent 😩 how am i supposed to post writing i work hard to craft online if the bots are going to steal it for themselves 😩

Bestdealss News@bestdealssnews.bsky.social

Haunted Chocolatier Is Still Missing, But This Freaky Tea Party Sim Could Scratch Your Itch Haunted Chocolatier looks like it could be the perfect, candy-bar blend of sweet and creepy once it launches--but developer ConcernedApe doesn't know when that might be. So I'd like to consider an alternate…

bestdealss.inHaunted Chocolatier Is Still Missing, But This Freaky Tea Party Sim Could Scratch Your ItchHaunted Chocolatier looks like it could be the perfect, candy-bar blend of sweet and creepy once it launches--but developer ConcernedApe doesn't know when that might be. So I'd like to consider an alternate option for after-funeral desserts and try the upcoming Steam game Tearoom of Terror, whose developer, Sundew Studios, was just featured during the new Cozy After Dark Showcase.

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Jasmine Gould-Wilson
@jazzgouldwilson.bsky.social

I am devastated that we have lost one of the most wonderfully unique and articulate writers in the whole GR+ squad. Every time I read her work I marvel at the beautiful oddity and unflinching honesty of each and every word, and you’ll not find another voice like hers. hire ashley now pls 🖤 🕷️

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

men in gaming don’t realize that no one is blameless when the culture is against women. i cried at SGF bc i was surrounded by male peers commenting on how i looked, not understanding that it made me feel just as alone as when the random guy on the street told me to lift my skirt

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Original Chungus
@tronknotts.bsky.social

Definitely hire her. She can write anything. But you will be best off if you let her loose to apply her inventive metaphors, poetic pacing, gut punch honesty, and capacity for deep analysis to break boundaries and blow minds

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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John Walker - Industry Analcyst
@botherer.bsky.social

Ashley is one of the smartest and most engaging writers I've read in years. People should be giving her all the work.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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eric van allen
@seamoosi.bsky.social

Ashley's an incredible writer, with a natural ability to find compelling angles and personal beats to accentuate her work. this interview with Ryukishi07 on Silent Hill f is *so* good. any editor is doing themselves a favor by giving her work. www.gamesradar.com/games/silent...

gamesradar.comSilent Hill f writer knows you don't really want to see "a happily ever after," and the game's horrific portrayal of young womanhood makes it my GOTYYear in Review 2025 | Konami returns to Silent Hill with a steel pipe and a wedding veil
ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Jordan Gerblick
@jordangerblick.bsky.social

I've spent two years working side-by-side with Ashley, and I can confidently say she made GamesRadar+ a better place to work and a better website to read. I'm jealous of whoever gets to work with her next. Hire Ashley.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Heather Wald
@heatherteacup.bsky.social

Hire Ashely for her extremely good words and invaluable voice. Ashley is truly one of the most talented writers out there, and I’ve always greatly admired her work (even before she was at GR+). I never tire of reading her insightful, passionate words, and she’s such a wonderful person to work with

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Isaiah D. Colbert
@shineyezehuhh.bsky.social

When we were both laid off at Kotaku, I always felt Ashley's god-given talent for prose (which, high-key, made me jealous) would make her a shoo-in for a full-time hire in no time. And she did! Seeing her laid off once again is just goofy. Plain and simple.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social

The best in the world. True Michael Jordan of games writing right here.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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i’m just ken
@shepardcdr.bsky.social

Ashley’s a singular voice in the space whose work will undoubtedly enrich whatever site or project she’s a part of.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Ana Diaz
@pokachee.bsky.social

Please hire Ashley

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Rollin Bishop
@rollinbishop.com

it has been an honor and privilege to field ashley's wild pitches and edit her even wilder copy. in a field full of stellar talent jockeying to be heard, ashley's voice remains absolutely one of a kind. to use her own words, i am fly-swatted to see her go. let our loss be your gain: hire ashley

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Austin Wood
@woodwould.bsky.social

Hire Ashley. I'm just learning of this change while on vacation. Ashley was an invaluable part of the GamesRadar+ US news team and regularly contributed outside her byline and to other verticals. The site will be worse without her.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸
@jessicogs.bsky.social

Ashley is one of my favorite writers and any outlet would be better for having her on its staff !!!

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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The Amityville Jordan (1979)
@jackal27.bsky.social

ashley is the best writer in games media and there’s no other read on this than as a devastating indictment of just HOW tenuous the state of the games journalism is today

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Emma-Jane Betts
@emma-janebetts.bsky.social

Ashley is not only amazingly talented and insightful but is a genuine joy to work with. I will never be sick of hearing her takes on horror and feminism. Any team would be lucky to have her 🖤❤️🖤

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Alex Van Aken
@itsvanaken.games

Ashley is immensely talented and funny as hell. Hire her!!

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Oscar TK
@mroscartk.bsky.social

Ashley is genuinely one of the best to do it - great to read, fantastic to edit, and always with a unique perspective you simply can't get elsewhere.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

There is no one better than Ashley at making basic-ass news and previews GENUINELY compelling to read. I do not know how she does it. The most obvious hire in the world.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

ashley bardhan
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com